Meaning of Linnet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
2. A female given name from English, occasionally recorded since the 19th century.
3. A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.
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Examples

“⁠I do but sing⟳ because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing⟳: And unto one her note⟳ is gay, ⁠For now her little ones have⟳ ranged; ⁠And unto one her note⟳ is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away.”

“I heard a linnet courting His lady in the spring⟳ […]”

“Lindy herself hated the name⟳ Lindy. She said it sounded like⟳ a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name⟳, Linnet. (She'd been named for an English bird that a soldier had mentioned to their mother during the war.) At first Karen had tried to call⟳ her that too, but it had felt so unnatural that she'd gradually given it up.”

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